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2.5 Legislation and broader regulation on pesticides

The European Union tackles water pollution since the 1970s, e.g. Council Directive on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment (EU, 1976), the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive – UWWTD (EC, 1991), the Drinking Water Directive – DWD (EU 1998) or the Nitrates Directive (EU, 1991). Since 2000, the Water Framework Directive became the central instrument of water management and protection of EU waters (EC 2000). For substances (including pesticides), two daughter directives added quality standards to be achieved.

For source control, Directives and Regulations were set on substance level for a standardized registration including risk assessment or, for example, the usage of specific substances in agriculture as pesticides.